It appeared the run was over as no new Wackys showed up after the 15th series, or so most everyone thought. The fad continued through 1974, but like all big crazes finally started to lose steam as 1974 turned into 1975, and in the summer of '75 the 15th series was issued. It was even reported at the time that Wackys were outselling Baseball cards at the height of the frenzy. Many stores had difficultly keeping the stickers in stock as they would fly off the shelves when a new series would arrive. Once the craze was in full swing, new series were released every few months. I think we would all agree that this was a true statement!īy October 1973 the stickers were big news: The "Hard as a Brick Bubble Gum" is actually not a joke. I always got a kick out of the line "You'll Never Collect 'Em All". Once Topps realized they had a hit on their hands, they commissioned new art for a 3rd series, and the craze continued to build. The stickers were successful enough for Topps to issue a 2nd series using many of the titles from the Wacky Ads. However, in 1973 Topps re-released a number of the original titles from the Die Cuts as stickers instead of punch-out and lick cards, and they sold much better than expected. Neither the Die Cuts nor the Wacky Ads were a big success. In 1969 Topps tried again with a product called Wacky Ads which had an ad for the product and a punch out that could be removed and stuck: Here is an example showing the front and the back of the cards which are referred to as Die-Cut Wackys: In 19 Topps released their first set of Wacky Packages, but instead of being stickers, they were actually die cut cards that you would punch out and lick the glue covered back to stick. To digress a minute, here is a brief history of Wacky Packages: The reason this ties together so well today is 1) the theme of love on Valentine's Day (or probably more accurately obsession) and 2) the fact that a new series of classic Wacky Packages was just released this week including a new Baseball card related title. The feeling of completing a set is a powerful rush that I still feel today, and it all got started with Wacky Packages. It was with Wackys that I first experienced the thrill of trying to complete a set. However, today I'm not going to be talking about any stickers from Fleer.īefore I ever saw my first baseball card or Fleer sticker, there was something that came before that had such a powerful grip on me as a kid that I just had to have every single one of them I could find: If you were a kid in the mid 1970's, you and your friends probably were buying Wackys. The Target Bonus Box is the only bonus box in this series.I guess that is only fitting that someone who has a blog with Stickers in the title would fondly remember stickers as his first collecting passion.There are four different colors of each base title resulting in a total of 288 printing plates.The original metal printing plates have been cut up and placed randomly into packs.There are ten "Lenticular" (motion cards) found one in 12 packs.Here the FBII bonus stickers are the original sticker versions. These are all titles that were in Flashback I but as the poster versions.BONUS STICKERS - There are four bonus stickers.Cards 64-72 are never before released 'lost' wackys left over from the never released 1992 series.Cards 51-56 were painted by Norm Saunders, left over from the 80's unreleased can label series.The gold borders are extremely rare, only 40 made of each.Each title was printed with five different border colors:.BASE SET - There are 72 different stickers in the Base Set, numbered 1 to 72.released approximately December 10th, 2008
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